USG NEWS:
www.southeastgeorgiatoday.com
http://www.southeastgeorgiatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11506&Itemid=117
EGSC Installing New President
The investiture of the fifth President of East Georgia State College in Swainsboro is this Friday morning. The ceremoney for Robert “Bob” G. Boehmer will be held at eleven a.m. in the Luck Flanders Gambrell Center auditorium on the East Georgia Campus. The Chancellor from the University System of Georgia, Hank Huckaby, and representatives from 24 colleges and universities are expected to attend.
www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/09/23/2680877/college-enrollment-on-the-rise.html
College enrollment on rise at Mercer, GCSU; declines at Fort Valley State
Some college numbers are down, while others report record highs
By JENNA MINK
With fall’s arrival, college students in Middle Georgia are settling into their routines for the new semester. And at some midstate schools, there are more new faces on campus than in previous years. Nationally, college enrollment was on an upswing for a decade but has decreased over the past couple of years. … At Georgia College & State University, the fall enrollment is 6,565 students, an increase of more than 100 students compared to last year. … Still, other colleges continue to see a trend of dropping enrollment. At Fort Valley State University, preliminary numbers show a 10 percent decrease from 2012.
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Brenau, UNG included in new ranking of affordable colleges; Ga. Tech tops in state, nation
By Ken Stanford Staff
Brenau University and the University of North Georgia (UNG) are included in a new ranking of the country’s most affordable colleges, compiled by Affordable Colleges Online. According to the report, 188 Georgia colleges and universities were analyzed and 27 of them were ranked Georgia Tech ranked first in the state and in the country, with Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, second; …Clayton State University, fourth; and, the University of Georgia, fifth, which came in 45th in the country. UNG (formerly North Georgia College & State University) comes in 15th and Brenau, 18th.
USG VALUE:
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http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/09/23/collaboration-is-the-future
Collaboration Is The Future
By Jeanne Bonner
ATLANTA — Some of the state’s — and the nation’s — top thinkers in education and innovation were in Atlanta Monday to discuss ways the city and the state can improve schools, keep top talent and prepare for the future. The occasion was the inaugural Colab Summit. The organizers of the first-ever Colab Summit aim to tackle pressing issues through collaboration. That is, they want the top thinkers to collaborate and find solutions for Atlanta and Georgia. Georgia Tech’s president, Bud Peterson, was one local voice on how innovation and education are intersecting.
www.romenews-tribune.com
http://romenews-tribune.com/printer_friendly/23659195
Small Business Development Center has success helping small businesses
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
The consultants at the University of Georgia/Small Business Administration Small Business Development Centers in Georgia must be doing something right. During the height of the economic slump, from 2008-2012, the employment of small businesses that consulted with the SBDC’s across Georgia grew by 7.4 percent while employment across Georgia tumbled 4 percent.
www.savannahbusinessjournal.com
http://www.savannahbusinessjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3384:sept-23-elder-abuse-conference-to-be-held-in-savannah&catid=45:law&Itemid=65
Sept. 23 – Elder Abuse Conference to be Held in Savannah
Sept. 23, 2013 – Georgia Southern University’s Division of Continuing Education and Senior Citizens, Inc., are working together to teach people how to detect, prevent and protect the elderly from physical abuse and financial exploitation. They will host the Elder Abuse Conference on Friday, Oct. 11 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St., Savannah.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-09-23/ansel-symposium-address-role-pharmacy-affordable-care
Ansel Symposium to address role of pharmacy in affordable care
By UGA News Service
The 10th Annual Howard C. Ansel Symposium at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy will address an “Introduction to Affordable Care” and “Patient Safety and Roles for Pharmacy” on Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The six-hour event will provide an overview of the Affordable Care Act and explore the opportunities and challenges the act may present to pharmacists and others in the healthcare field.
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www.cedartownstd.com
http://www.cedartownstd.com/view/full_story/23669133/article-UWG-Releases-West-Georgia-Regional-Economic-Update?instance=home_news_1st_left
UWG Releases West Georgia Regional Economic Update
by Press Release
CARROLLTON, GA – The University of West Georgia’s Center for Business and Economic Research recently released the Summer 2013 West Georgia Regional Update, a research study that provides economic findings from Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding and Polk counties.
www.scienceworldreport.com
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/9640/20130923/new-insight-body-representation-brain-disorders-finger-yours.htm
New Insight for Body Representation Brain Disorders: Is That Finger Yours?
Catherine Griffin
Does that finger belong to your body? The question may be more difficult than you realize. Scientists have discovered that people can be easily tricked into believing an artificial finger is their own, revealing that the brain does not require multiple signals to build a picture body ownership. …”It may seem silly to ask yourself whether your index finger is part of your body. However, our current findings demonstrate that this question has led to important insights into key brain functions,” said Simon Gandevia, one of the researchers, in a news release. “These findings could lead to new clinical interventions where the addition or the removal of specific sensory stimuli is used to change someone’s body image.”
www.informationweek.com
http://www.informationweek.com/tech-center/it-as-a-service/energy-dept-invests-30-million-in-utilit/240161651
Energy Dept. Invests $30 Million In Utility Security
Contracts will support new tools to protect electrical, gas and oil infrastructures from cyber attacks.
By Patience Wait
InformationWeek
In a move to shore up protections for national infrastructure owned by the private sector, the Department of Energy has awarded 11 contracts worth a combined $30 million to develop new tools to protect the electrical grid and gas and oil infrastructures from cyber attacks… — Georgia Tech Applied Research received a $3.3 million contract to develop technology that can evaluate commands given to energy delivery system controls and look at their effect on power grid operations and trigger cybersecurity responses, if needed, to prevent disruptions.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.gainesvilletimes.com
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/101/article/89080/
Seed planted by Gainesville judge grew a library
By Johnny Vardeman
Johnny Vardeman is retired editor of The Times.
The Richard B. Russell Building Special Collection Libraries is a special place indeed on Hull Street in Athens, almost a Hail Mary pass across Lumpkin Street from Sanford Stadium. The $41 million facility contains the papers and memorabilia of the late long-serving U.S. senator from Georgia, Richard B. Russell of Winder. … The idea of such a library resulted from a Sunday afternoon visit by a Gainesville family to Sen. Russell’s home in Winder in January 1970, a year to the month before he died.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/blueprint/2013-09-22/jimenez-school-distrct-strides-makes-athens-better-community
Jimenez: School distrct strides makes Athens better community
• Anisa Sullivan Jimenez is director of public relations and communications for the Clarke County School District.
…I think the biggest change is evident in a shift in the mindset of the district. We are a place where all students can achieve at high levels. No excuses. And we have seen a dramatic transformation in our district performance with that belief and a host of interventions. For example: … • The drop-out rate was significantly decreased by sending personal letters to every drop-out and working with administrators and board members to personally visit these former students. • With the University of Georgia’s College of Education, a Professional Development School District was created. • The Athens Community Career Academy was opened — a partnership with Athens Technical College, the University of Georgia and OneAthens. The Career Academy provides free college credit to district students ages 16 and up.
www.ccnewsnow.com
http://www.ccnewsnow.com/trowbridge-community-colleges-offer-affordable-education-options/?utm_campaign=0921ccnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=3501b033ba4b484b8ee05f688a086f09&elqCampaignId=87
Trowbridge: Community colleges offer affordable education options
Trowbridge is a Lone Star College System trustee.
Source: Houston Chronicle
The future of community colleges is glorious. Four-year residential colleges are increasingly pricing themselves out of the market, and community colleges are filling the vacuum.
www.ccnewsnow.com
http://www.ccnewsnow.com/presidents-view-workforce-training-skills-require-flexible-programs/?utm_campaign=0921ccnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=3501b033ba4b484b8ee05f688a086f09&elqCampaignId=87
President’s View: Workforce training, skills require flexible programs
Carpenter is chancellor of the Lone Star College System.
Source: Houston Chronicle
Recent studies project that by 2018, 63 percent of high-demand, well-paying jobs in Texas will require postsecondary training and credentials. Ominously, as of 2011, fewer than 35 percent of Texas adults had reached that level of educational attainment. While some may see this as a negative, at Lone Star College System and among our community college colleagues across the state, we see it as a challenge and opportunity.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/09/23/florida-governor-changes-direction-on-common-core-tests/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
The Answer Sheet By Valerie Strauss
Florida governor changes direction on Common Core tests
The governor of Florida, Rick Scott, directed the state Education Board on Monday to pull out of a consortium of states that is creating new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards, and he has spelled out a path on which the standards themselves may be changed. Scott sent a letter (see below) to Education Secretary Arne Duncan explaining that Florida was pulling out of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, one of two consortia of states designing high-stakes standardized tests aligned with the Common Core State Standards with some $350 million in support from the federal government.
www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/09/25/05yatvin.h33.html?tkn=OQNFgtDoWmfV5xW2Nf4i0Ob9Jyc3M7K9pS24&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
How to Improve Common Core: A Critic’s View
By Joanne Yatvin
As a sometime warrior in the war of words over the Common Core State Standards, I have been neutral about the need for national standards, but highly critical of their current composition, seeing it as deeply flawed and ineffectual for its stated purposes. Nevertheless, I have come to realize that nothing I or anyone else may say will make the standards go away.
www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2013/09/common_core_standards_conserva.html?cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS2
Common Core Standards: Conservative Victory or Debacle in the Making?
By Anthony Cody
Last week I was a guest on a public radio show called To the Point, hosted by Warren Olney. The episode was titled “Is Public Education Too Soft on American Students.” The other guests were Maria Ferguson of the Center on Education Policy at George Washington University, and Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. I want to share some parts of the conversation there, because I think it is useful to look closely at the arguments being used for and against the Common Core, and also to dig in to the facts behind the claims being made in this debate.
Education News
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http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=265910
Debate surrounds review of Ga. education standards
By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As Georgia education officials prepare to set guidelines for a review of national academic standards, some worry that calls for change are being driven by politics — not education. The state Board of Education this week will set the parameters for the review, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. It was ordered by Gov. Nathan Deal.
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Debate surrounds review of Georgia education standards
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-09-23/debate-surrounds-review-georgia-education-standards
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Carnegie-Foundation-and/141839/?cid=wc
Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Spinoff Team Up on Remedial Math
By Katherine Mangan
A Stanford University spinoff and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching plan to announce a partnership on Tuesday to expand the distribution of online remedial-mathematics courses that so far have tripled students’ success rates in half the time.
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http://www.ccnewsnow.com/community-colleges-try-to-revamp-image-to-keep-students/?utm_campaign=0921ccnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=3501b033ba4b484b8ee05f688a086f09&elqCampaignId=87
Community Colleges Try to Revamp Image to Keep Students
Source: Wall Street Journal
Community colleges, in a bid to boost graduation rates, are shedding their image as commuter campuses with big parking lots. The two-year colleges, which offer everything from certificates in welding to associate degrees in computer science, are increasingly building student centers and developing housing options to keep students more connected to their schools. They are offering services like mental-health counseling to help students navigate life outside the classroom.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/24/michigan-grad-students-object-details-new-housing-unit#ixzz2fogOTmVF
‘Community of Scholars’
By Colleen Flaherty
Graduate students typically don’t live in luxury, let alone in space that has intellectual goals. Many grad students feel fortunate to have housing that is reasonably safe and affordable. So why would graduate students at the University of Michigan be raising objections to one of the most ambitious ideas in recent years for graduate student housing?
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/56172/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203%20SpecialSend0924&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=3bdb3dc0e09a4ed49360cd84efabaea5&elqCampaignId=88#
HBCU Fundraising: No Longer Business as Usual
by Vikki Conwell
…Amid shrinking federal support, stalled alumni contributions and pundits questioning the need for historically Black institutions, a growing number of HBCUs are trying to move the funding needle by bolstering their fundraising efforts.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/24/fifth-presidency-evan-dobelle-faces-many-allegations-ended-his-fourth#ixzz2fofJyGpN
Hired Again, in Trouble Again
By Ry Rivard
Less than a decade after Evan Dobelle departed the University of Hawaii system presidency amid accusations he had misspent money, lied and been unfit to lead, he is back in hot water as president of Westfield State University in Massachusetts. In a series of revelations, Dobelle has been accused – as he was at Hawaii – of spending university money extravagantly and, at times, on himself and his family.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/24/some-professors-outraged-engineering-education-magazine-publishes-anti-gay-letter#ixzz2fog8n8jr
Engineering Bigotry?
By Scott Jaschik
The articles in Prism, the magazine of the American Society for Engineering Education, focus on new research and teaching ideas. And the magazine periodically writes about efforts to diversify engineering. Many readers of Prism were shocked this month when they found that the magazine published a letter with what would typically be considered anti-gay rhetoric.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/56130/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=45f6bafa5f284750a1f5f755b2d2d228&elqCampaignId=62#
Nation Leaders Highlight Critical Needs for the Future of American Universities
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
New York – During a two-day conference that drew dozens of university heads, thought leaders and more, Dr. Norman Francis, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, stressed that American research universities must do a better job of engaging minority students in scientific research as well as provide internships and other career-building opportunities, in order for schools to maintain their global preeminence.
www.miamiherald.com
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/23/3645700/gov-rick-scott-reverse-course.html
Gov. Rick Scott: Reverse course on Common Core tests
BY KATHLEEN McGRORY
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE After a summer of polarizing public debate, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday ordered the state education department to withdraw from a national consortium creating tests around the new Common Core State Standards. … His decision represents something of a compromise.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/09/23/education-secretary-arne-duncan-ceos.html
Education Secretary Arne Duncan: CEOs need to support early learning
Maria Saporta
Contributing Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged business leaders to advocate for investments in early learning during a national conference in Atlanta Monday. Duncan was the morning keynote speaker at the 2013 National Business Leader Summit on Early Childhood Investment at the Loews Atlanta Hotel — a two-day conference that attracted about 200 business and education leaders from around the country.